How thin, or fat, should female lyretail anthias be?

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I recently added 1 male and 5 females to the DT. They seem to be competing for food just fine and I have no indications that anything is wrong. But I also have no idea if things are right either.

I work from home which allows the luxury of feeding the fish 5-6 times throughout the day most of the time. But, I have no idea what "healthy" female anthias are supposed to look like. Should the body be tapered back from the head, should be a little thicker in the middle?

Any experts out there that can shed some light on this? Again, not worried about my fish, but curious about what healthy would be defined as for these fish.
 
So, I have 4 (1 Male, 3 Females) but I'm not an expert since these are the first four Lyretail's I have owned. Mine appear to have The wider in the middle look that you are discribing. Here is a video of my from a month ago that will give you something to compare to. Hope this helps! :)

 

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